Attachment for rubber shoes.



T. c. RIDGE.

ATTACHMENT FOR RUBBER SHOES.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1912.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

2720772 dd w wirtueooeo abbomm COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH co, WASHINGTON, u. c.

THOMAS C. RIDGE, OF CARTHAGE, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHDIENT FUR RUBBER SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. September 6, 1912.

ltatented Feb. 1W, 191st.

fier'ial No. 718,901.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS C. RIDGE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Carthage, in the county ofHancock and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Attachments for Rubber Shoes, of which the following is aspeciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in retainers for rubberover-shoes and has for its objects to provide a retainer which may beconveniently secured or detached from the overshoes.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a device ofthis character which will be of a simple construction, cheap tomanufacture, easily applied and which will perform the functions forwhich it is devised with ease and with certainty.

With the above recited objects in view and others which will appear asthe nature of the invention is more fully understood, the improvementresides in the construction, combination and operative arrangement ofparts set forth in the following specification and fallin g within thescope of the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of an overshoe providedwith the removable retainer. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectionthrough an over shoe provided with my retainer and illustrating theposition of the same upon the walking shoe. Fig. 8 is a detailperspective view of the retainer detached. Fig. 4 is a sectional Viewillustrating the manner in which the retainer will be connected with theovershoe.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates a shoewhich has the opposite sides of the counter thereof provided with aseries of openings 6.

A retainer 3, constructed of elastic material, is arranged within theovershoe adjacent the heel thereof and as shown, is provided withattaching portions or arms 5 engaging the inner surfaces of the sides ofthe counter, each of said arms being provided with a series of openings6' registering respectively with the openings 6 in the sides of thecounter of the overshoe so as to cause the arms to slant upwardly andrearwardly in the direction of the heel of the overshoe. As shown theupper ends of the arms are connected to each other by an intermediateloop 5, which loop, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, is disposed abovethe upper edge of the heel of the overshoe and spaced therefrom, and isadapted, when the overshoe is applied to the ordinary shoe, to engageagainst the shoe at a point directly above and in contact with tendonachilles, so as to retain the overshoe in its applied position upon theordinary shoe. Extending through the said registering openings at theouter surface of the overshoe and adapted to detachably secure theattaching portions of the retainer to the counter of the overshoe areheaded screw members 8, the bore of each screw being threaded and beingadapted to co-act with the threaded stem 9 of a headed member 10. Theheads of one or both of the members 8 and 10 may be depressed as at 11to provide for the reception of an edged tool, such as a screw driverand whereby the said members 8 and 10 may be easily secured together tocompress the arms 5 and the overshoe 1 between the heads of the saidmembers 8 and 10.

.Vhile the device has been described in connection with overshoes, it isof course to be understood that the same may be employed with equalefficiency upon slippers, low cut shoes, dancing pumps and other footwear.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the simplicity of the device as well as the advantagesthereof, will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled inart to which such inventions appertain without further detaileddescription.

Having thus described the invention, what T claim is The combinationwith an overshoe, of a retainer, said retainer being formed of elasticmaterial and comprising attaching por' tions and an intermediate loop,said attaching portions being provided with openings, openings in theopposite sides of the counter of the overshoe adapted to register withthe openings in said attaching portions, and fastening means adapted toextend through the tion of the inner shoe.

openings in the sides of the overshoe and In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature the corresponding openings in the attach- E in presence oftWo Witnesses.

ing portions of the retainer and detachably THOMAS C. RIDGE. secure saidattaching portions to the oppo- Witnesses:

said loop in position to engage the rear porsite inner sides of theovershoe, said retainer J. P. GUTHRIE, When so secured slantingrearwardly with A. M. PAGETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington D. C.

